More info on rounding modes. Add sections for floating point notes.
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@ -501,13 +501,15 @@ with the \class{Context} constructor.
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arithmetic operations in the context.
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The \var{rounding} option is one of:
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\constant{ROUND_CEILING} (towards \constant{Infinity}),
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\constant{ROUND_DOWN} (towards zero),
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\constant{ROUND_FLOOR} (towards \constant{-Infinity}),
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\constant{ROUND_HALF_DOWN} (towards zero),
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\constant{ROUND_HALF_EVEN},
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\constant{ROUND_HALF_UP} (away from zero), or
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\constant{ROUND_UP} (away from zero).
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \constant{ROUND_CEILING} (towards \constant{Infinity}),
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\item \constant{ROUND_DOWN} (towards zero),
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\item \constant{ROUND_FLOOR} (towards \constant{-Infinity}),
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\item \constant{ROUND_HALF_DOWN} (to nearest with ties going towards zero),
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\item \constant{ROUND_HALF_EVEN} (to nearest with ties going to nearest even integer),
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\item \constant{ROUND_HALF_UP} (to nearest with ties going away from zero), or
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\item \constant{ROUND_UP} (away from zero).
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\end{itemize}
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The \var{traps} and \var{flags} fields list any signals to be set.
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Generally, new contexts should only set traps and leave the flags clear.
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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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\subsection{Floating Point Notes \label{decimal-notes}}
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\subsubsection{Mitigating round-off error with increased precision}
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The use of decimal floating point eliminates decimal representation error
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(making it possible to represent \constant{0.1} exactly); however, some
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operations can still incur round-off error when non-zero digits exceed the
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Decimal("0.0060000")
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\end{verbatim}
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\subsubsection{Special values}
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The number system for the \module{decimal} module provides special
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values including \constant{NaN}, \constant{sNaN}, \constant{-Infinity},
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